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The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole

This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No matter how smart you are, or how good you are at narrowly defined tasks, there is no room for you here if you’re an asshole. This … Continue reading

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The Book of Redgate: We Value Teams

This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done in teams. On the facing page, there is a short description of what this means. I do think that teams are very helpful, especially when building … Continue reading

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The Book of Redgate: Meetings

I think we might have forgotten this a bit, but on one of the pages, we have this title: A Meeting without an Objective is a Chat. You can see it below, with a few funny things. I don’t get … Continue reading

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The Book of Redgate: Motivation

Another of our values is this: Motivation isn’t about carrots and sticks. Constant oversight and the threat of punishment are incompatible with great, fulfilling work. We believe in creating appropriate constraints and then giving people the freedom to excel. We … Continue reading

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